Hotel Okura, Tokyo, Japan, 28 and 29 August 1996

Wednesday, 28 August

10:00 - 10:15 Opening Ceremony

Address by Mr. Kazutaka Tsuboi, the Vice-Minister of International Trade and Industry (Japan)

Address by Ambassador Jack A. WHITTLETON, Deputy Executive Director (APEC Secretariat)

10:15 - 10:35 Introductory Comments

Address by Mr. Hisamitsu ARAI, Commissioner, Japanese Patent Office (Japan)

10:35 - 12:35 Session 1: Industrial Property Systems-Past, Present and Future

Coordinator

Mr. Andrew A. BAIN, Director General, Australian Industrial Property Organisation (Australia)

Panelists

Ms. Magdalene CHONG, Principal Counsel Ministry of Law (Brunei Darussalam)

Mr. Bambang KESOWO, Vice Cabinet Secretary/Vice Chairman of the Presidential Commission on IPR, State Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesia)

Mr. CHUNG Hae Joo, Commissioner, Korean Industrial Property Office (Korea)

Mr. Jorge AMIGO, General Director, Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (Mexico)

Mr. Narongsak PICHAYAPHANICH, Deputy Director-General, Department of Intellectual Property (Thailand)

12:35 - 14:50 Lunch

15:00 - 17:00 Session 2: Achieving TRIPS Level Protection

Coordinator

Mr. Lawrence J. GOFFNEY, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Deputy Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks (U.S.A.)

Panelists

Mr. Sergio ESCUDERO, Principal Adviser, Industrial Property Department (Chile)

Mr. GAO Lulin, Commissioner, Patent Office of the People's Republic of China (China)

Mr. Rayman J. PERERA, Assistant Director, Intellectual Property Department (Hong Kong)

Mr. Kenneth B. POPPLEWELL, Commissioner, New Zealand Patent Office (New Zealand)

LIEW Woon Yin, Registrar of Trade Marks & Patents, Registry of Trade Marks and Patents (Singapore)

17.30 - 19.30 Reception hosted by Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (JIII)

Thursday, 29 August

10:00 - 12:00 Session 3: Enhancing APEC-wide Cooperation

Coordinator

Ms. Emma C. FRANCISCO, Director, Bureau of Patents, Trademarks and Technology Transfer (Philippines)

Panelists

Mr. Jean GARIEPY, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Canadian Intellectual Property Office (Canada)

Mr. Hisamitsu ARAI, Commissioner, Japanese Patent Office (Japan)

Mr. Gai ARAGA, Registrar of Trade Marks, Office of the Registrar of Trade Marks (Papua New Guinea)

Mr. WU Hueih-Meei, General Deputy Director, Bureau of Standards, Ministry of Economic Affairs (Chinese Taipei)

12:00 - 13:20 Lunch

13:30 - 14:30 Session 4: Concluding Discussion

Coordinator

Mr. Hisamitsu ARAI, Commissioner, Japanese Patent Office (Japan)

Panelists

All Coordinators and Panelists

Joint Statement

14:30 - 14:35 Closing Ceremony

Address by the Commissioner of the Japanese Patent Office (Japan)

M.C. Mr. Shozo UEMURA

Director General for International Affairs

Japanese Patent Office


End of Symposium

15:00 - Tour of JPO premises

29 August, 1996

Japanese Patent Office (JPO)

1. The Japanese Patent Office (JPO), which belongs to Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), hosted the "APEC Industrial Property Symposium" on 28-29 August in Tokyo (Hotel Okura).

2. This Symposium provided the first opportunity that senior officials of industrial property authorities of all 18 APEC Member economies got together and exchanged their views.

3. Vietnam, in addition to the 18 APEC members, also participated in this Symposium as an official guest.

4. The Symposium consisted of four sessions under the subtitle "on the Development of Industrial Property Systems toward the 21^st Century."
   • Session 1: Industrial property systems- Past, Present and Future
   • Session 2: Implementation of the WTO TRIPS Agreement
   • Session 3: Enhancing APEC-wide Cooperation
   • Session 4: Concluding Discussion
     

5. The Concluding session, chaired by Commissioner Arai of JPO, adopted "Joint Statement" as attached, addressing the importance of improving industrial property rights protection.

6. In conjunction with the Symposium, the third session of APEC Intellectual Property Get-Together, an ad hoc experts group within APEC, was held on 26-27 August. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Shigeo Takakura, Director for International Cooperation, JPO. At this meeting, members agreed upon a detailed work plan to implement the "Osaka Action Agenda," which was adopted by the APEC Leaders last November.

For details, please contact